“You don’t normally get crowds on a Tuesday night as big as you would on a Saturday so it might be more of a mental battle than a physical battle.

“There might be the expectation that ‘we just turn up here and we win’. We all know football doesn’t work like that.

“You can’t just turn up. You have to go out and earn the right in the game first.

“Wimbledon are fighting for their lives as well. They will mess the game up.

“They will try to slow it down, they will try to break it up and they won’t let Argyle into a rhythm.

“But Argyle are on a crest of a wave, high in confidence and playing really well.

“That confidence, belief and momentum should kick in and if I was betting man I would certainly be looking at Argyle winning the game.”

Coughlan was interviewed by Argyle for their managerial vacancy in the summer of 2015 after the departure of John Sheridan following their two-legged defeat by Wycombe Wanderers in the League Two play-off semi-finals.

The Pilgrims opted for Adams instead and, apart from a spell at the start of the season, when his squad was badly hit by injuries and suspensions, it has been a very successful reign for the former Ross County boss.

Coughlan said: “I think Derek has been tremendous for the football club.

“He has done ever so well from the day he has walked in there. He has just given the club a massive lift.

“He seems meticulous, he seems organised, he seems to have a structure and certainly knows his way around on the training ground.